Other Oil and Gas Information

BloombergView: How to Save Water on Fracking – By making approval for fracking contingent on responsible water practices, states can drive even greater innovation — perhaps to the point where frackers come to operate without using any water at all.http://bloom.bg/1ffydW1

Exxon CEO, Rex Tillerson, has joined a lawsuit that aims to block construction to support fracking projects near his home in the Dallas suburb of Bartonville, Texas.Exxon CEO Lawsuit 2014-02-20

If any of us think that the oil and gas industry is going to operate in Michigan any differently than they are doing, or have been in any other state, needs to wake up. This is just one example:

Center for Biological Diversity
Release 10-6-2014
Document Reveal Billions of Gallons of Oil Industry Wastewater Illegally Injected into Central California Aquifers
Almost three billion gallons of oil industry wastewater have been illegally dumped into Central California aquifers that supply drinking water and farming irrigation.
Testing found high levels of arsenic, thallium and nitrates in water supply wells. More information: